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Tag: VMware

Concluding our 3 part End of Support for Windows Server 2003 series, Eric Mills and I highlight some of the key concerns small to midsize businesses need to be aware of if they are still running Windows Server 2003 in their environment. Ready to make the move? Get Windows Server 2012 R2 now! __________________________… Read more

Are you a VMware Pro? In an increasingly multi-hypervisor world, more and more IT organizations are using Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure to achieve superior performance and workload flexibility at the best possible price. With nearly two-thirds of businesses on more than one virtualization platform, adding Microsoft virtualization and cloud skills to your technical repertoire… Read more

At our IT Camp in Minneapolis a few weeks ago, Kris asked me a valid question. “How does a Hyper-V Server (not the full windows install) do clustering if you can’t install the cluster role?” Kris’s question is a good one, because we had just been discussing how limited Hyper-v Server is in terms of… Read more

In this episode I welcome back Jeff Woolsey to the show for Part 2 of our three part “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series, where we cover four more quick facts about Microsoft’s Virtualization solution. Download MP3 (Audio only) MP4 (iPod, Zune HD) High Quality MP4 (iPad, PC) Mid Quality MP4 (Windows Phone, HTML5) High Quality… Read more

Today I welcome Varun Chhabra to the show as we kick off our three part “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series. In this series we will discuss facts and facets of Microsoft’s Virtualization solution that, if you are currently using some other virtualization platform, you probably didn’t know but definitely should. Download MP3 (Audio only) MP4… Read more

Today (just a few minutes ago, in fact) I had the honor of presenting a webcast entitled “Microsoft Virtualization – Important Things You Didn’t Know” on BrightTALK. The recording is now available, and viewable here: (click to go to the recording) Let me know if you have any questions…… Read more

A couple of months ago I had the privilege to interview Brad Anderson. Brad is a Sr. VP at Microsoft, responsible for the System Center and Windows Server product lines. So… “So this guy knows what he’s talking about?” Exactly. As a companion to his blog – In the Cloud – we recorded these three… Read more

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When you’re doing a Live Migration** of a virtual machine between hyper-v hosts, you want it to go quickly. You may be doing the migration of one or several or dozens of virtual machines all at once, and the performance of the network and the network paths you choose are going to determine how quickly… Read more